A Guide to the New Stage 6 History Syllabuses
Issue: Semester 1 2017
Margaret Vos introduces the new Stage 6 History syllabuses which are implemented for Year 11 in 2018… The new NSW Stage…
Helping Your Students to Become Better Writers
Issue: Semester 1 2017
Joanne Rossbridge & Kathy Rushton share a framework for improved extended response writing… Introduction Teacher knowledge about language and how…
Feeding Back: Reflections on Mentoring
Issue: Semester 1 2021
Alexandra Harris is a Head Teacher (Teaching and Learning) in Sydney. The story she tells here involves her work in…
Critical Literacy in English and History: Stages 3 & 4
Issue: Semester 2 2020
Kathy Rushton and Joanne Rossbridge explore the important concept of Critical Literacy. They explain why it is essential for teachers…
Building Confidence and Success in Stage 6
Issue: Semester 2 2019
Khya Brooks suggests an approach to the HSC which can reduce everyone’s anxiety… On the day my first HSC classes’…
Power, Authority and the New Modern History Syllabus
Issue: Semester 1 2019
Jonathon Dallimore offers some reflections on the new HSC Modern History Core due to be examined for the first time…
“I Want to Get Physical, Physical”: Spatial Technologies Inside and Outside Your Geography Classroom
Issue: Semester 2 2018
Lorraine Chaffer encourages you to confidently use spatial technologies in your classroom… What is Geography like in your classroom? With…
On Site, On Tour and Online: the State Library of NSW and You
Issue: Semester 1 2017
Pauline Fitzgerald welcomes you to the fascinating collection at the State Library of NSW… No history of Australia, no local…
The Making of a Teacher: My Love Affair with History
Issue: Semester 2 2016
Penny Russell reflects on what she loves about history before she takes up her new post at Harvard University… I…
And Now That You Teach Geography!
Issue: Semester 2 2016
Lorraine Chaffer takes us through the Geography K-6 syllabus which becomes mandatory in 2017… The NSW syllabuses for Geography K-10…